For those who hate the car

My dd is 12wks old and hates the car. She screams every time from the moment she's put in her seat to about a min after she's taken out. She's hysterical after about 15mins so I'm stuck and can't go very far away from home. I have tried everything from removing the padding all the way to changing the seats and a chiro. Nothing has helped and I think I'm stuck with this for another 6mths when she can be turned around. I'm just wondering if anyone has had the same problem and how you have travelled any distance? If I pull over and calm her she just starts again as soon as she's put back in. I can't sit beside her as don't have the room with my sons car seat on the other side.

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Yes. My DD hated the car seat and pram from 2 months old. I took her to my parents house which was 50min drive. She would hysterically cry through the whole time. In the end I just gave up and didnt go anywhere. She also hated the pram and would cry as soon as I put her in. I ended up carrying her all the time. It got better after she turned one. Shes fine with both the pram and the car seat but she cant handle anything thats over 2hrs

I came across this mirror at Toys R Us - it's so you can see baby whilst she is rear facing, if you are able to place it so she can your reflection that might help in calming her. .
Try to take her for little drives at a time, hope it eases for you soon. Must be stressful! x

In reply to JessSMW

11/12/15

I came across this mirror at Toys R Us - it's so you can see baby whilst she is rear facing, if you are able to place it so she can your reflection that might help in calming her. .
Try to take her for little drives at a time, hope it eases for you soon. Must be stressful! x

I have tried a few different styles of mirrors and nothing has helped. But thank you.

Mine was the same at that age, not a lot has changed except she doesn't do it the whole time we are in the car. She's 12 months and still rear facing as she is too small to turn around. I haven't found anything that helps:( I've gotten used to it, different music helps sometimes and when my other kids are in the car it's better. On long trips (1.5hr) she falls asleep so that is s good thing

I changed from a capsule to a normal rear facing car seat (appropriate from newborn) and it was life changing! I think the capsules are a little more curved and possibly more uncomfortable. Maybe try your DS's seat (if it can be used from newborn ) in a rear facing position to trial it and see if it works.

Totally empathise and car journeys used to stress me out so much as there was so much crying and my DD hated it. Like some of the other posts it was a phase for us (8 weeks to abt 6 mths). She's ok now with the car (still rear facing) and was much better once she was no longer in the capsule, which may have been a bit squishy for her. We tried mirror, music and me sitting in back to distract and none of it worked. It will hopefully pass for u too. Hang in there and yeh we ended up not doing many car journeys. Good luck!:-)

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